P-40 Warhawk

Nice capture ! - Slightly tighter crop would make it better IMHO though

Nice shot

Nice, is that the x Col Pay P-40E from Australia?

Phil

Great background & good prop blur! I like it.

PhotosGuy wrote in post #13144535
Great background & good prop blur! I like it.

^^ What Frank said. ^^
Plus I think the P-40 is a cool plane altogether. Brings back memories of the TV show "Black Sheep Squadron."
-Bruce

I think I'd have at least cropped the runway and the foreground out. To me it is distracting from an otherwise great photo.

Also, the predominant fighters in TV's "Black Sheep Squadron" were Corsairs - although Boyington did fly a P40 as part of the AVG early in the war.

Thanks for the comments....I thought about a tighter crop but was going for a "thirds" option sort of....runway/foregroun​d..aircraft....backgro​und. Sometimes tighter shots (too me) don't show the action or motion on a flying craft. I do however appreciate the comments and do keep them in mind when I process.

That P-40 is not from Austrailia... Its based in Nampee ID and owned by the Paul family. I'd guess they've had it 20+ years. John Paul was one of the FIRST real warbird guys. At one time he pretty much had the market cornered on all the P-40 parts in the world. They brought their 2 P-40s and their P-51B (which is pretty close to a "B" but didnt' start that way) to the Reno Air Races. The P-51B would have done really well in the races had they made it completion.

Mark H

Nicely Done! Is this your 100-400?

Thanks. Yes it was the 100-400

I built a plastic model of the P-40 when I was a kid and painted it the same scheme I hung it from my bedroom ceiling right next to the P-51, awesome shot! Just imagine how fun it would be to fly it!